Motoshima survived an assassination attempt while serving as mayor of Nagasaki in 1990. His mayoral successor, Iccho Itoh, was killed in an unrelated assassination in 2007.

Hitoshi Motoshima(本島 等,Motoshima Hitoshi, February 20, 1922 – October 31, 2014) was a Japanesepolitician. He served four terms as mayor of Nagasaki from 1979 to 1995. He has publicly made controversial statements about the responsibility of Japan and its then-reigning Emperor for World War II. He survived an assassination attempt in 1990.

On October 31, 2014, Motoshima died at the age of 92 in Nagasaki, Japan from natural causes.

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